Window-shade bracket



X. W. SAUL WINDOW SHADE BRACKET Mar. 13, 1923.

Filed sept.

'idratante-d lit/Ear. i3, i923.

praat XHVIENA W. SAUL, OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.

WINDOW-SHADE BRACKET.

Application led September 19, 19:21. Serial No. 501,562.

To all whom t may concern: y

Be it known that l, XIMENA W'. SAUL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roanoke, in the county of Roanoke and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVindow-Shade Brackets, of which the following is a specication.

rl`he present invention has to do with iinprovements in window shade brackets, and the object in view is to provide a simple article of manufacture that may readily be formed from a metal blank to provide a bearing support for the shade and a brace coacts ing with the support so as to maintain the same rigidly offstanding from the bracket body.

This and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specically' described and claimed.

Reference will now be had to the accom panying drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a window I'rame having. my window brackets applied thereto in operative position.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of one of the shade bracket supports.

Figure 3 is an end view of the same; and

Figure 4; is a view of the stamped blank from which the device is formed.

Throughout the following detailed description and on the several figures of the drawing, similar parts are. referred to by like reference characters.

rlhe bracket invention which forms the subject-matter of this application is designed to be constructed from a blank piece of metal of the shape which is best depicted in Figure 4 of the drawing, this being made of any suitable material and of any suitable size which may be required according to the nature or size of the window shade with which it is to be employed. The body of the blank or its central portion l is provided with the necessary openings 2 by means of which the bracket is attached in position upon a window frame.'v The central portion is cut with the 'lateral extension 3 which forms the shade-bearing support and this is provided with'the usual pintle opening or slot, depending upon whether the particular bracket is to serve for one or the other of the ends of the window shade.

The opposite side of the body l is formed with the lateral extension 4 which is bent along the line 5 outwardly and over into a posit-ion in which the extremity of the said portion tabuts against the bearing support 3 intermediate its length. The edge 6 of the lateral portion 4 is suitably beveled, preferably so as to lie flush against the-face of this vbearing support 3, and the contacting surfaces may be spot-welded or otherwise attached so as to make the bearing support quite -rigid and capable of resisting distortion in r-use. By arranging this form of support the bracket may be made of rather cheap material, if necessary, or desired, without in any wise sacrificing the strength of the shade bracket.

Obviously the particular configuration of lithe ybracket may be inodiiied and I do not wish to be restricted as regards the character of the metal or the size which may be given to the article in the actual manufacture or construction of the device.

Having thus described my invention, what lf claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

. A'window shade bracket of the type described consisting of a plate or body portion adapted to be fastened to a window frame and having a vertically disposed shade-bearing support extending from one edge and a Vbrace extending from the opposite edge into coacting relation to the bearing support, said bracket being formed from a metal blank from the lateral edge of the body of which the shade-bearing support is bent outwardly at right angles and the brace is formed by bending the material from the opposite edge outwardly and over against XIMENA W. SAUL. 

